Buncha crap. This little rumor popped up when we first started doing Continental stuff and our performance in IAH was beyond embarassing. Nothing says good times like trying to operate airplanes that sat in the desert for 3 years out of an airport we don't have any actual gates at with ground crew who were less than happy we were there. Since then, things have improved 10-fold. My last trip we left on time or early on almost every leg, and the trips that got delayed (nothing beyond 5-10 minutes) were all due to ramp or customer service.